Tuesday is for Preaching “The great English preacher C.H. Spurgeon recounted one of the more unusual experiences of his highly unusual life. he was headed to Haverhill in Suffolk and, due to rail delays, was running late for a preaching engagement. I’ll let him pick up the story here: “So it happened that I reached … More Spurgeon’s Grandfather and the Gospel: A Snapshot in Time
Tuesday is for Preaching Ezekiel 2:4-8 (ESV) 4 The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ 5 And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them. 6 … More We are Not Manipulators of Affections but Heralds of a Message
Tuesday is for Preaching I had the fortune to attend a church this week with a pastor who has a deep value of preaching the word of God in all of its authority and relevance for the lives of 21st century people. The text was Matthew 5:13-16, the “You are the salt and light of … More Four Things to Do in Your Message This Week
Tuesday is for Preaching Sometimes we are led astray by the editors of our Bibles. Most of the headings are great and helpful and the editors mean well with their chapter headings and subtitles of sections but if you aren’t careful, you might get an idea set in your interpretive grid that leads you astray. … More Can the Editor’s Subject Headings of Our Bibles be Trusted?
Tuesday is for Preaching You attended worship last Sunday. Perhaps you led worship last Sunday. In either case, you heard or gave a message from the word of God. Either you or someone else, spent between 10-25 hours the week previous, studying a text, praying over a text. brooding over a text, asking God for … More Did You Hear What You Preached Last Sunday?
Tuesday is for Preaching This interview with John Stott by Al Mohler was done in 1987 and was republished on his BLOG this week in honor of John Stott. You can read the whole interview here. I have excerpted the final paragraphs below because of their relevance to all pastors but maybe especially church planters. … More What is the Symbol of Your Ministry? A Bible or a Cell Phone?
Tuesday is for Preaching Once upon a time I taught preaching at a seminary in California for about 6 years. One of the textbooks that I assigned every year was John Stott’s Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century. It was and continues to be a great survey of, call to, and … More A Tribute to John Stott: A Prince of Preachers
Tuesday is for Preaching Question: Can you think of one person in the New Testament who came to faith in Christ apart from hearing the word of Christ and the Kingdom? “Preach the word, in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke and exhort with all patience and careful instruction.” (2 Tim. 4:2) There is … More It’s Not Possible to Believe Without Hearing About Jesus
Tuesday is for Preaching Years ago, before I taught Church Planting at one seminary, I taught preaching at another. One of the things I encouraged my students to do was to “drink the week into every message.” It really was a rather simple idea (most of my ideas are). I wanted them to study their … More “Drink the Week into Every Message”
Tuesday is for Preaching For the months of May and June, I had the privilege of preaching for a friend who went on sabbatical from his church in Michigan. The church was Trinity Fellowship Church, and you can access the archives of the messages at their website. The Series of Messages was from Matthew 13 … More The Parables of the Kingdom of God: Key to a Transformed Life
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